Structure device



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STRUCTURE DEVICE.

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STRUCTURE DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed July 5, 1919; Serial No. 308,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FRANK COUCH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Derry, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Structure Devices, of which the followingis a specification This invention relates to a structure system in which a variety of designs can be made from a few patterns made in multiple units and matched together and has for an object a means for producing ornamental and instructive designs in a simple and inexpensive manner and may be used as a childs toy or for advertising and decorative purposes These objects are obtained by the apparatus illustrated in the accompany ing drawings in which Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the outline of certain ornamental designs used with my invention. Figs. 8 and 9 show a guide rule, Figs. 10, 11 and 12 illustrate a form of stamp, Figs. 13 and 13 are details of an attachment for the stamp, and Fig. 14: illustrates an application of my structure system.

In Figs. 10, 11 and 12, 21 indicates the body of a rubber stamp usually made of wood and provided with an o-gee handle or finger grip 22. The face of the stamp 23, usually made of rubber although for certain uses metallic faces may be preferable, is flush with the edges of the stamp body and the stamp itself may contain any one of the designs shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive and indicated by the numerals 1 to 7 respectively. The contour of the stamp face in each case is shown by the dotted line indicated by a. On the sides of the stamp body the transverse grooves 24 are cut and the grooves 25 are cut in the ends. These grooves are placed an equal distance apart and are an even sub-division of the stamp body itself. The metallic cleat, Figs. 13 and 13 having a blade 31 and sides 32 is forced into the stamp body with the blade projecting on the corners as indicated at 33, 34, 35

and 36 Fig. 11. It will be noted that blades 33 and 34c on the sides are in a vertical plane above blades 35 and 36 on the ends.

The guide ruler Figs. 8 and 9 consists of two pieces 11 and 12. The piece 11 is dovetailed into 12 and is slidably adjustable therein. The ruler is subdivided into units corresponding to the divisions on the sides and ends of the stamp body as indicated at 13 and 14. These divisions may be in the form of transverse grooves cut into the edges of the ruler and similar to the grooves in the stamp body.

The application of this system will be understood by reference to Fig. 14 in which all the designs, Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive are shown printed on a flat surface. Similar and different designs may be matched from the markings or grooves on the body of the stamps and their relation to each other, and the cleats assure the stamps being properly positioned when they engage the grooves in the adjacent stamp or ruler and guard against improper movement. The stamp d, for instance, is positioned to make a design 5 rising from the center of stamp c, this is in dicated by the mark 25 matching the center mark 24 of stamp 6, also there is a cleat 34 engaging one of the grooves in this stamp. In the same way, stamp c is positioned from the center of the top of stamp (Z to repeat the arch 1 between the two columns 5 as shown. The ruler 11 is also used to position stamp 0 thus guiding it from two points.

It will be noted that the stamps may be built in continuous rows either vertically or horizontally and may be guided by a marked ruler or be guide and matched against themselves with correspondingly matched results.

I further vary the results obtained by the use of colors using different sets of stamps or stamping pads for each color. This is indicated in Fig. 14 where stamp 01 is black, stamp e is red, stamp f is green and corresponding colors may be selected for the other stamps; in this way a great variety of effects may be obtained from the seven simple designs shown in Figs. 1 to 7 The invention provides a structure system that is simple and inexpensive and can be used by a child as an instructive and amusing novelty.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A structure system of the class described, in combination, a plurality of rubber stamps of matched designs, bodies for said stamps, and a plurality of markings on said body for positioning said designs in matched relation.

2. A structure of the class described, in combination, a plurality of rubber stamps of matched designs made in multiple units, bodies for said stamps, a plurality of mark.

ings on said body correspondingto said multiple units for positioning said designs in matched relation.

3. A structure system of the class described, in combination, a plurality of 'rub-' ber stamps of matched designs, bodies "for said stamps, a plurality of grooves in, said bodies, cleats projecting on each side of said bodies to engage corresponding grooves in adjoining bodies whereby said designs are positioned in matched relation.

4. A structure system of the class described, in combination, a plurality of independent rubber stamps capable of making a continuous matched design, markings on the bodies of said rubber stamps spaced with relation to said matched design, and a ruler guide having corresponding markings.

5. A structure system of the class described, in combination, a plurality of rubber stamps of matched designs, bodies for said stamps having grooves positioned with relation to said matched designs, cleats secured to said body and engaging the grooves of adjacent stamps, and means for matching said designs by engaging said cleats in and engaging the grooves of adjacent.

stamps, said stamps being positioned by said cleats.

Signed at Derry, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire this 30th day of June, A. D. 1919. JAMES FRANK COUCI-L. 

